Chiller Action!!

[Phil Stanbridge]

Just a couple of new pics - I've been playing with theAsus A8N SLI Deluxe and have now installed the two 512MB Ultras using Maze 4 low profiles and a series of OCZ ramsinks. Interestingly MSI only used a heatsink on 8 out of the 16 BGA chips on the card, so I've followed suit with the ramsinks. It actually makes the installation a lot easier too.

Obviously its very rough around the edges, but there is a lot of testing to be done.

The temps are as expected - 16 degrees idle with the cpu @ 3.2ghz (1.55v) using the defaul bios. This is with the two Ultras now in the loop. There is absolutely no condensation at this point which is just what the doctor ordered..

 

[PHILIP1193]

I hate you phil im green with envy literally your so lucky lol, not only do u get nice hold but you come back to a nice comp set up #

Lookign good matey now go get windoews installed and them overclocks going as well as a few benchmarks for good measure you should score extremely well

also what are teh zippy's on the pipe to teh second gfx ment to do phil stop it kinking, if so how does it manage that?

phil

 

[Phil Stanbridge]

I hate you phil im green with envy literally your so lucky lol, not only do u get nice hold but you come back to a nice comp set up #

Lookign good matey now go get windoews installed and them overclocks going as well as a few benchmarks for good measure you should score extremely well

also what are teh zippy's on the pipe to teh second gfx ment to do phil stop it kinking, if so how does it manage that?

phil

Luck has nothing to do with it mate, its been blood sweat and tears to get where I am today! Remember that

I will get a hard disk and optical drive installed asap and will begin the installs. Then I can tidy her up and work on the case Its going piano black me thinks.

Yep, a slight kink forming in the lower section, cable ties help.

 

[PHILIP1193]

Luck has nothing to do with it mate, its been blood sweat and tears to get where I am today! Remember that

I will get a hard disk and optical drive installed asap and will begin the installs. Then I can tidy her up and work on the case Its going piano black me thinks.

Yep, a slight kink forming in the lower section, cable ties help.

lol i know mate im pulling yr leg

so you recon you could ahve some benchmark results by end of night?

Phil

 

[imported_mrbios]

looking good phil, keep up the good work and give us some results with that thing

 

[Master_G]

Wow that looks sweet. Cant wait to see some numbers on what that can do with overclocks and load.

And a nice paint finish to it as always from phil

G

 

[Phil Stanbridge]

It will be a couple of days before I can get everything sorted, but I'm looking forward to it too.

 

[fatty]

Very nice mate the ol girl looks at home shove some panels on it and done

 

[BAcon]

looks good phil, but to get rid of that fairly bad looking kink from gpu1--gpu2 why dont you route the tubing a bit diff

i.e

pump-gpu1-cpu-gpu2-chiller-res and so forth

 

[[E-PCs]]

Wouldn't you get better results with the DD NV68 SLi blocks using that board.

It'd be a cleaner install too, don't ya think ?

Just a thought.

 

[grungeisdead]

looking smart dude. keep it up

the blue looks smart in the pipes...

i came home today to find my bfg 6800gt had bitten the dust which is a shame especially since the pc was turned off for the weekend .........

hope you get some time to finish this beast soon

 

[BAcon]

Wouldn't you get better results with the DD NV68 SLi blocks using that board.

It'd be a cleaner install too, don't ya think ?

Just a thought.

noooo very wrong

the all in one coolers are unneccessary, ddr3 mem just doesnt warrant being watercooled, the blocks are incredibly restrictive compared to core cooling blocks which hinders both cpu and especially gpu temps

for the mem phil has done the right thing and used mem sinks, thats all you need

 

[Phil Stanbridge]

looks good phil, but to get rid of that fairly bad looking kink from gpu1--gpu2 why dont you route the tubing a bit diff

i.e

pump-gpu1-cpu-gpu2-chiller-res and so forth

Its something to consider, but this is the preferred method. The gpus are actually getting the coldest water first, direct from the chiller. However the pump is hitting the cpu first, which is all important from the flow point of view, especially when the G5 will be installed. So its the best of both worlds - the kink is actually fairly minor, but I will see what can be done about it.

 

[Phil Stanbridge]

Wouldn't you get better results with the DD NV68 SLi blocks using that board.

It'd be a cleaner install too, don't ya think ?

Just a thought.

As bacon said, its pretty insignificant. The beauty of the chiller is that the chilled water dissipates heat over the contact area - so it will actually spread out over the cards. The most important thing however, the NV68 block doesnt fit these cards (at first glance). There are too many BGA chips.

 

[cavemanep]

Awesome setup dude - how much did the chiller set you back?

 

[Firelord]

Have you got windows installed yet and got a max stable clock from it?

 

[Phil Stanbridge]

It was a nice setup - it got into windows at 3.2ghz but I didnt venture any further as the condensation was beginning to build up and would have caused issues. I sold it within an hour of advertising

 

[grungeisdead]

was it 500 it sold for??? bloody good price if you ask me